US 12,280,913 B2
Container to facilitate selective delivery of parcels
Julio Gil, Veldhoven (NL); Julian Bell, Decatur, GA (US); and Fredric Michael Lopez, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by United Parcel Service of America, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on Mar. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/690,871.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/167,310, filed on Mar. 29, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0306344 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B65D 25/06 (2006.01); A47G 29/14 (2006.01); A47G 29/22 (2006.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 101/64 (2023.01)
CPC B65D 25/06 (2013.01) [A47G 29/14 (2013.01); A47G 29/22 (2013.01); A47G 2029/145 (2013.01); A47G 2029/149 (2013.01); B64U 10/16 (2023.01); B64U 2101/64 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container comprising:
a frame having at least one open face;
a plurality of dividers extending from a first frame side of the frame to a second frame side of the frame, the plurality of dividers oriented orthogonally to the at least one open face, the plurality of dividers movable to create a plurality of compartments for parcels;
a first panel movably coupled to the frame and positioned to at least partially cover the at least one open face;
a first movement mechanism coupled to the first panel operable to move the first panel with respect to the frame;
a second panel movably coupled to the frame and positioned to at least partially cover the at least one open face;
a second movement mechanism coupled to the second panel operable to move the second panel with respect to the frame; and
a tote disposed within the frame, the tote having a first tote side with first lateral grooves therein and a second tote side with second lateral grooves therein, and each of the plurality of dividers is slidingly supported along at least one of the first lateral grooves and at least one of the second lateral grooves,
wherein, in a first position, the first panel and the second panel cooperatively cover the at least one open face on the frame, and, in a second position, the first movement mechanism and the second movement mechanism cooperatively move the first panel and the second panel to expose an area of the at least one open face corresponding to a selected compartment of the plurality of compartments containing a parcel of the parcels.